CRP and Abnormal renal physiology: TMAO positively correlated with renal dysfunction and inflammation markers such as log-BUN (r = 0.340, p < 0.001), log-creatinine (r = 0.282, p = 0.002), log-UACR (r = 0.326, p < 0.001), and log-CRP (r = 0.373, p < 0.001).